Andrew Wilkie

Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Denison. He has been an army officer and an intelligence analyst.

Andrew Wilkie

Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Denison. He has been an army officer and an intelligence analyst.

It got a bit lost in the frenzy of Thursday, the grim final sitting day of a grim parliamentary year, but the Morrison government’s much vaunted “big stick” got whittled away to something much smaller ... Katharine Murphy. Read more ... The CentreAlliance MP Rebekha Sharkie declared herself for it, as did the Tasmanian independent AndrewWilkie ... Go to town....

With fierce lobbying under way in the parliament on Wednesday night to try and derail the vote, the Coalition pushed forward, bringing on the second reading debate with the support of Bob Katter and AndrewWilkie... Katter seems a certainty, and Wilkie confirmed to GuardianAustralia on Wednesday night he would vote for the package....

With fierce lobbying under way in the parliament on Wednesday night to try to derail the vote, the Coalition pushed forward, bringing on the second reading debate with the support of the independents Bob Katter and AndrewWilkie... Katter seems a certainty, and Wilkie confirmed to ......

Tasmanian independent AndrewWilkie introduced his own legislation that would end all live sheep and cattle exports within three years and put tougher safeguards on the industry in the meantime. "There is systemic cruelty in the live animal export trade and the only way to end the cruelty is to end the trade," Mr Wilkie said. ....

Dr Phelps has the backing of fellow crossbenchers AndrewWilkie, Rebekha Sharkie and Adam Bandt but she will need support from the full cross bench, as well as Labor and one coalition member, to bring on debate in the lower house ... ....

It is understood any future candidate selected in the process would step up when McGowan decided to retire or if she lost the seat ... The Wentworth independent Kerryn Phelps is bringing forward a private member’s bill to bring children of asylum seekers and sick detainees to Australia, and AndrewWilkie is pushing to ban the live export animal trade....

And Ms Banks wasn't short of visitors on Tuesday. Labor MP AndrewGiles was the first to sit down next to the new independent, with his colleague Maria Vamvakinou sharing a laugh with Ms Banks not long after ... He momentarily sat in independent MP AndrewWilkie's seat after the Tasmanian ducked out of the chamber ... Once again, Julia Banks was all smiles....

A federal independent commission against corruption is supported by Labor and the entire crossbench – Cathy McGowan, Rebekha Sharkie, AndrewWilkie, Bob Katter, Phelps and Bandt ... Dozens of former judges urge Scott Morrison to set up anti-corruption watchdog. Read more ... We’ll be looking at all of it.”. ....

Labor is attempting to use the government’s new minority status against it, by calling on the crossbench to support the latest push for a federal anti-corruption body ... The loss of Wentworth left the government with 75 seats in the House, with one vote tied to the Speaker ... Bandt is in support, as is Cathy McGowan, Rebekha Sharkie and AndrewWilkie ... ....